Sunday, May 13, 2007

MI: Condo owners left in a lurch after developer pulls out With only a handful of the spacious condominiums built, the Ohio-based developer Classic Tradition Homes has stopped construction on the project and is looking for a new buyer to take over the subdivision, 4:04:59 PM

FL: Deal gives condo residents a 'fast pass' for ER care Long emergency room waits are legendary in Palm Beach County, but one large local condo association thinks it has found a way around them. 4:02:51 PM

CA: Educating HOAs Twenty years ago, California had 7,000 homeowner associations, as the number of people moving into condominiums and similar "common-interest" developments started to soar. 4:02:05 PM

FL: Beach in Jupiter succumbs to erosion In a span of two days, the beach behind the Ocean Trails condominium virtually disappeared. 3:58:08 PM

DE: Builder Defends Right to Expand Development Mike Mock of Dove Knoll developments and his project manager Bob Benson have offered $10,000 to homeowners willing to support a proposed extension project on the existing development. 3:56:08 PM

IL: Parking deck at Evanston condo complex collapse Evanston authorities are investigating what caused the top level of a parking deck to collapse last night at a new condominium complex. 3:52:08 PM

New fluorescent bulbs pose a slight mercury danger At last report, the room in which Brandy Bridges dropped the CFL light bulb was sealed off, and Bridges was trying to come up with the money needed to bring in the boys in moon suits to clean up the mess. 3:49:58 PM

KS: Flood Survivors Struggle to Cope The city is doing free flood debris removal from the curbs but the Quail Creek Homeowners Association ordered dumpsters and is passing that cost along to the residents there. 3:45:56 PM

OH: Help with recovery from flood gets closer Painesville has taken a giant step toward getting $8 million it needs to buy and demolish 80 flood-damaged condominiums and return the site to greenspace on the Grand River. 3:43:51 PM

NJ: Readington condo official admits stealing $200K A former community manager of the Whitehouse Village Condominium Association in Readington admitted Friday in state Superior Court to stealing at least $200,000 from the organization, authorities said. 3:42:09 PM

AZ: Legislators OK restrictions on HOA foreclosure powers State lawmakers passed a bill Thursday limiting homeowners associations from foreclosing on property owners. But critics of the plan warned it could cost homeowners more money in annual association fees. 3:36:23 PM